Love your work or it will eat you alive, with Youtube Star Caddicarus

If you're a writer, musician, entrepreneur - someone building something in the margins of your real life, this one is for you. My guest today is Caddicarus: over a million subscribers, nearly 400 million views, and a very honest bloke. Here's the thing so many of us carry without even realising it, the belief that the moment we hit the number, whatever your number is, life clicks into place. Caddickarus has the number and he still found himself burnt out, hollow, losing the will to make the very thing that made him who he is. The data doesn't keep you going. The passion keeps you going. The why keeps you going. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub This podcast has additional free audio episodes that are not shared on Youtube: Listen to this podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast... Listen to this podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HPuZ8w... Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo Follow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his Website Email Jonah Primo at [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~ Chapters: 00:00 Introduction — The Trap of Chasing “The Number” 02:18 Meeting Caddicarus & Early Internet Fame 05:04 Awful Early Videos & Learning the Algorithm 09:42 Working Retail While Dreaming Bigger 13:27 The Ego, Validation & Wanting to Escape Normal Life 17:46 When YouTube Became Unhealthy 20:31 Should Creative Work Stay a Hobby? 24:18 Feeling Owned by the Audience 28:07 Becoming a Slave to the Algorithm 32:11 Sacrificing Creativity for Views 35:04 “If It Failed, I Would’ve Kept Going Anyway” 39:22 Rediscovering the Need to Create 43:50 Would You Turn Off the Creative Obsession? 46:03 Identity, Shame & Cringing at Your Old Self 50:14 Looking Back on the Person You Used to Be 54:33 Growth, Regret & Seeing Your Life Through Videos 58:07 Therapy, Self-Forgiveness & Mental Health 1:02:44 Why Internet Culture Distorts Reality 1:06:19 Final Reflections on Creativity & Meaning